Exhibition of Learning CASE STUDY

Creating an original case study is the culminating assignment in his course.  This case study will allow you to create a “real-life scenario” you might face working with children, and then asks you to use what you have learned in this course to analyze the problem and recommend solutions.  As a practitioner beginning to work in the schools you will use many of the Educational Psychology knowledge and skills learned as part of this class.  Not every student you meet will fit neatly into the same mold. As a result, you will have to take steps to better understand the student’s strengths and areas for improvement. To better understand each student you will likely use a combination of standardized testing, classroom observations, parent report, teacher report, student report, and current literature as a rationale for the action you choose to support the student. All of these methods are useful to better understand the student and are part of a comprehensive assessment occurring over time. This case study assignment has been designed to synthesize what you learned in this course.   You will be working with a student, as you plan your course of action to support the student you have chosen to focus on. You will begin by making up a student you work with on a daily basis. You should select one student from the pre-K to high school levels for this study. You will need to come up with background information.  The information could be similar to what is collected on this student using parent report, teacher report, or record review to better understand this student history. It is important to make a realistic case.   Ultimately, you will have a document that clearly paints a picture of the student you have chosen for this assignment. Without meeting your student, the reader should be able to understand the student’s strengths and areas of concern. With this overall profile complete, you will design a support plan for the student that is relevant and meaningful for the student and will be clearly understood by all personnel working with the student. As this plan is constructed you will need to use the current research literature and our textbook to support your decisions about the case study.   You should develop an action plan that will allow you to determine the level of functioning of the subject in his/her environment(s) using variety of educational (s) psychology measures. Qualities of a good case study: Poses a problem that has no obvious right answer; Identifies actor(s) who must solve the problem and make decisions; Requires the reader to use the information in the case to address the problem; Evaluates the problem or potential solutions and requires the reader to think critically and analytically; and Has enough information for a good analysis.   Rubric: Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Context and background information (10 points) The case study is clearly situated with the appropriate details e.g. grade level, appropriate actors, reports reviews, etc. The case study is situated with most of the appropriate details The case study has few of the appropriate details No context or background information Incidents/Issues (10 points) Clearly identifies incidents/ issues in the case study. Incidents are interesting and realistically portrayed.  Presents at least 3 incidents Identifies a couple of incidents/ issues.   Incidents are interesting but not realistically portrayed Identifies one incident/issue in the case study.   Incidents are realistically portrayed but not interesting No issues identified.   Incidents are neither interesting nor realistically portrayed Identification and analysis of the Issues (10 points) Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all issues identified Presents a thorough analysis of most issues identified Presents a superficial analysis of some of the issues identified. Presents an incomplete analysis of the issues identified Links to course readings: Understanding of coursework (15 points) Makes appropriate and powerful connections between the issues identified and the strategic concepts studied in the readings Makes appropriate connections between the issues identified and the strategic concepts studied in the reading Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between the issues and concepts studied in the reading Makes little or no connection between the issues identified and the strategic concepts studied in the reading Links to course readings: Recommendations (20 points) Presents detailed, realistic, and appropriate recommendations clearly supported by the information presented and concepts from the reading Presents specific, realistic, and appropriate recommendations supported by the information presented and concepts from the reading Presents realistic or appropriate recommendations supported by the information presented and concepts from the reading Presents realistic or appropriate recommendations with little, if any, support from the information presented and concepts from the reading Links to peer reviewed/ Scholarly Educational Psychology Research (15 points) Supplements case study with relevant research; clearly and thoroughly documents all sources of information Supplements case study with relevant research; documents all sources of information Supplements case study with limited research; provides limited documentation of sources consulted Supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation Writing mechanics (10 points) Writing demonstrates a sophisticated clarity, conciseness, and correctness; includes thorough details and relevant data and information; extremely well-organized. The paper is 10-12 pages. Writing is accomplished in terms of clarity and conciseness and contains only a few errors; includes sufficient details and relevant data and information; well-organized. The paper is less than 10 pages. Writing lacks clarity or conciseness and contains numerous errors; gives insufficient detail and relevant data and information; lacks organization. The paper is less than 10 pages. Writing is unfocused, rambling, or contains serious errors; lacks detail and relevant data and information; poorly organized. The paper is less than 10 pages. APA guidelines (10 points) Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources Uses APA guidelines with minor violations to cite sources Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA guidelines Does not use APA guidelines